Definitions for Norman

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Norman Nor·man

Spelling: [nawr-muh n]

IPA: /ˈnɔr mən/

Norman is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 88 anagrams from letters in Norman (amnnor).

Definitions for Norman

noun

1. a member of that branch of the Northmen or Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy.
2. Also called Norman French. one of the mixed Scandinavian and French people who inhabited Normandy and conquered England in 1066.
3. a native or inhabitant of Normandy.
4. Norman French (def 1).
5. Jessye [jes-ee] /ˈdʒɛs i/ (Show IPA), born 1945, U.S. operatic soprano.
6. a city in central Oklahoma.
7. a male given name.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Normans.
2. noting or pertaining to a variety of Romanesque architecture built by the Normans, especially in England after 1066.

Origin of Norman

1175-1225; Middle English Old French Normant Old Norse Northmathr Northman

Examples for Norman

The Norman hath a mangonel or a trabuch upon the forecastle.

Inside there is a good deal of transitional Norman work to be seen.

Norman Lear had a crisis while filming All in the Family about people genuinely taking Archie Bunker as a role model.

Blood transfusions on the battlefield, pioneered by Canadian doctor Norman Bethune in the Spanish Civil War, saved many lives.

Norman windows have only one splay on the internal side of the building.

The walls of Norman buildings are thick and massive, and are often faced with cut stone.

But while Norman sympathizes with the fear, he does not believe in its validity.

The remark comes to mind while reading The Selected Letters of Norman Mailer.

"'Tis the badge of Tete-noire, the Norman," cried a seaman-mariner.

Some, like Norman Mailer, adopted the cooler pose of being casually interested in the possibility.